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Meet the Midwives and Doctors
Please press play to view video greetings from each of our providers or scroll down for links to midwives’ and doctors’ short biographies.
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Midwives
Amy Hanson, CNM
Amy Hanson has been a Certified Nurse Midwife with Minnesota Community Care for 18 years. After nursing school…
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Elaine Boehm, CNM
Elaine Boehm, MSN, APRN, CNM is a Certified Nurse Midwife at East Side Family Clinic. She moved to Saint Paul…
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Emily Rumsey, CNM
While studying writing and film-making at UW-Madison, Emily first became interested in midwifery in her early 20’s…
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Faisa Abdi-Omar, CNM
Faisa was born in Mogadishu, Somalia. Her family fled Somalia’s devastating civil war to seek refuge in Kenya…
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Laura Leatherman-Clark, CNM
Laura Leatherman-Clark (pronouns: she/hers) gained her BA in Religious Studies from Macalester College…
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Lisa Smith, CNM
Lisa was born and raised in Minneapolis. She became interested in working in Health Care when her brother was hospitalized…
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Mariela Rich, CNM
Mariela loves collaborating with people to provide them the healthcare and knowledge they need to meet their…
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Patricia Longard, CNM
Patty is a 2003 graduate of the University of Minnesota school of Midwifery. After spending two years in Turkmenistan…
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Sonja Batalden, CNM
Pregnancy is an amazing time of change – in our bodies, our feelings, our priorities, our families and our whole selves…
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Tamara Jackman, CNM
Tamara first became interested in midwifery at the age of 3 with the birth of her younger sister, attended by midwives…
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Toni Estis, CNM
From a young age, I have found myself fascinated with pregnancy and birth. It was when I was able to support my sister…
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Tracy O’Brien, CNM
Tracy is a certified nurse midwife who provides care to women throughout their lifespan. She especially enjoys…
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Melinda Denson, CNM
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Madeline Gardner, CNM
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Jessica Haley, CNM
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Courtney Moore, CNM
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Physicians
Dennis Bealka, MD
Dr. Dennis G Bealka is a compassionate, highly motivated, hard working team-oriented doctor who cares for all of his patients…
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Kelsey Leonardsmith, MD
Dr. Kelsey Leonardsmith is a family physician practicing at La Clinica and East Side Family Clinic...
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Women's Health Educators
Melissa Rodriguez
(651) 389-2411
La Clinica
English and Español
Amy Yang
(651) 389-2408
East Side/McDonough Homes
English and Hmong